Saul Isaac

Saul Isaac (1823 – late 1903)^[1] was an English businessman and Conservative Party politician. He was the first Jew to be elected to the House of Commons as a Conservative candidate.^[2]

Isaac was a partner in the army contracting business run by his older brother Samuel (1812–1886),^[3] which became the largest European supplier of materials to the Confederate States during the American Civil War.^[3]

He was elected at the 1874 general election as a Member of Parliament (MP) for Nottingham,^[4] when the Conservatives took both the city's parliamentary seats from the Liberals.^[5] The election return describes him as a colliery proprietor, of Colwick Hall, Nottinghamshire.^[4]

Isaac was defeated at the 1880 general election,^[5] and was unsuccessful when he contested Finsbury Central at the 1885 general election.^[6]

References

^ Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "N" (part 3)
^ "The Jubilee Of Jewish Emancipation". The Times. London. 25 July 1908. pp. 16, col A.
^ ^3.0 ^3.1 "Isaac, Samuel". Dictionary of National Biography. London: Smith, Elder & Co. 1885–1900.
^ ^4.0 ^4.1 "No. 24063". The London Gazette. 6 February 1874. p. 543.
^ ^5.0 ^5.1 Craig, F. W. S. (1989) [1977]. British parliamentary election results 1832–1885 (2nd ed.). Chichester: Parliamentary Research Services. p. 230. ISBN 0-900178-26-4.
^ Craig, F. W. S. (1989) [1974]. British parliamentary election results 1885–1918 (2nd ed.). Chichester: Parliamentary Research Services. p. 13. ISBN 0-900178-27-2.

External links

Hansard 1803–2005: contributions in Parliament by Saul Isaac

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Preceded by Charles Seely Auberon Herbert	Member of Parliament for Nottingham 1874 – 1880 With: William Evelyn Denison	Succeeded by Charles Seely John Skirrow Wright

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[1] Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "N" (part 3)

[times-1908-07-25-2] "The Jubilee Of Jewish Emancipation". The Times. London. 25 July 1908. pp. 16, col A.

[dnb-samuel-3] 3.0 ^3.1 "Isaac, Samuel". Dictionary of National Biography. London: Smith, Elder & Co. 1885–1900.

[gazette-1874-4] 4.0 ^4.1 "No. 24063". The London Gazette. 6 February 1874. p. 543.

[craig1832-1885-5] 5.0 ^5.1 Craig, F. W. S. (1989) [1977]. British parliamentary election results 1832–1885 (2nd ed.). Chichester: Parliamentary Research Services. p. 230. ISBN 0-900178-26-4.

[craig1885-1918-6] Craig, F. W. S. (1989) [1974]. British parliamentary election results 1885–1918 (2nd ed.). Chichester: Parliamentary Research Services. p. 13. ISBN 0-900178-27-2.

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